John 7:13

13 nemo tamen palam loquebatur de illo propter metum Iudaeorum

John 7:13 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:13

Howbeit, no man spoke openly of him
So loud as to be overheard, at least by many, but in a secret and whispering way; or did not speak with freedom, or all their mind, what they really thought of him, nor with courage and boldness:

for fear the Jews;
for fear of being mobbed by them, or up and prosecuted, or turned out of the synagogue; for a law was made, that whoever confessed him, should be so used; and this deterred persons from expressing the true sentiments of their minds about him.

John 7:13 In-Context

11 Iudaei ergo quaerebant eum in die festo et dicebant ubi est ille

12 et murmur multus de eo erat in turba; quidam enim dicebant quia bonus est alii autem dicebant non sed seducit turbas

13 nemo tamen palam loquebatur de illo propter metum Iudaeorum

14 iam autem die festo mediante ascendit Iesus in templum et docebat

15 et mirabantur Iudaei dicentes quomodo hic litteras scit cum non didicerit